Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
A game of geopolitical chicken, played out in personal terms in ‘Munich: The Edge of War’
A mixture of well-researched historical fact and pure fiction, “Munich: The Edge of War” is a smart and entertaining thriller that suffers from just one thing: We all know how it ends. Set mostly in 1938, just before and during the September conference of world leaders in Munich that gave permission to Adolf Hitler to […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Quinta Brunson is already a viral comedy star. ‘Abbott Elementary’ could make her a household name
The depth of your familiarity with Quinta Brunson’s comedy work depends on your relationship with the internet. The average user is more likely to recognize Brunson, 32, from the videos she used to produce and star in for BuzzFeed, or from her appearances on the first season of the HBO series “A Black Lady Sketch […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Deep Water: ‘The Voice Lesson,’ by Leonore Hildebrandt
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for no more ‘Scream’ movies
The “Scream” franchise began in 1996 as a piece of brilliant meta-horror: a slasher movie, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, that cleverly critiqued the conventions of the genre in a way that was genuinely scary, genuinely funny and, most important, fun. The idea of a masked serial killer who uses the […]
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Art review: The Bakery cooks up visual feast of photos
The 20-year-old photo collective shows the work of its members at Speedwell Projects, where it’s based.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Sentence,’ ‘Atlas of the Heart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2022
‘The 355’ finds an all-star cast in search of an all-star script
In general, the less time the actors in “The 355” spend speaking English, the better they come off. Spanish, German, Russian and French are just a few of the languages trotted out in the espionage thriller, which tries to broaden its overseas appeal by casting a wide net in its choice of actors and locations. […]
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Indie Film: Curated by the community, Railroad Square film series soars
Cinematic Explorations epitomizes the symbiotic relationship an arthouse theater can have with its patrons.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Tap Lines: Barleywines sit well with sitting around
Maine brewers make versions of the bear of a beer that represent the style’s range.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2022
Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is a minimalist, maximalist masterpiece
Joel Coen, directing his first feature film without his brother, Ethan, brings a spare, coolheaded elegance to William Shakespeare’s blasted heath in “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” his minimalist-maximalist adaptation of the famous 17th century play. In fact, Coen’s production is so stylized, so stripped of visual and behavioral distractions, that it could be unfolding anywhere […]
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